Paragraph 15 I1

In F1regulation 22 (export of restricted goods), at the end insert—

“(3)

A person who contravenes a prohibition in paragraph (1) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the export was to, or the goods were for use in, Russia.

F2(4)

A person who contravenes the prohibition in paragraph (1A) commits an offence, but it is a defence for a person charged with the offence of contravening paragraph (1A) to show that the person did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that the export was for the placing on board of a Russian-flagged vessel. ”